Dąbrowski
Origin
MeaningPolish toponym; oak grove
Region of originPoland
Other names
Variant form(s)Dabrowski, Dombrowski, Dobrowski, Dobrosky, Dombroski, Dombrosky (uncommon)

Dąbrowski (Polish pronunciation: [dɔmˈbrɔfskʲi]; feminine Dąbrowska, plural Dąbrowscy) or Dabrowski is the 11th most common surname in Poland (87,304 people in 2009);[1][2] this is down from an apparent rank of 4th in 1990.[3] Dąbrowski is a habitational name derived from the placename 'Dąbrowa' or 'Dąbrówka', which is used for several specific places in Poland or generically as "oak grove", the English meaning for these Polish words.[4][5] Variants of the surname include Dombrowski, Dobrowski, and Dobrosky.[6][7] Dobrowski also has an independent origin as a habitational name derived from the placename 'Dobrów'.[6] The text-figure below summarizes the relationships among these various words. In other Slavic countries, the same surname takes the form Dubrovsky, as the Polish "ą" corresponds to "u" in most other Slavic languages.

Dąbrowa (or) Dąbrówka→Dąbrow(ski/ska/scy)→Dabrowski→Dobrowski→Dobrosky
↑
Dobrów

Polish "ą" (pronounced "om") corresponds to "u" in most other Slavic languages, i.e. Dąbrowski is equivalent to Dubrovsky in Ukraine and Russia. The latter countries also have forms such as "Dombrovsky" but at a lower frequency and often associated with Polish ancestry.

LanguageMasculineFeminine
PolishDąbrowskiDąbrowska
Belarusian
(Romanization)		Дуброўскі
(Dubroŭski)
Домброўскі
(Dombroŭski)
Дамброўскі
(Dambroŭski)		Дуброўская
(Dubroŭskaja, Dubrouskaya, Dubrouskaia)
Домброўская
(Dombroŭskaja, Dombrouskaya, Dombrouskaia)
Дамброўская
(Dambroŭskaja, Dambrouskaya, Dambrouskaia)
Czech, SlovakDubrovský / DombrovskýDubrovská / Dombrovská
LithuanianDambrauskas / DubrauskasDambrauskienė / Dubrauskienė (married)
Dambrauskaitė / Dubrauskaitė (unmarried)
Russian
(Romanization)		Дубровский
(Dubrovsky, Dubrovskiy, Dubrovskij)
Домбровский
(Dombrovsky, Dombrovskiy, Dombrovskij)		Дубровская
(Dubrovskaya, Dubrovskaia, Dubrovskaja
Домбровская
(Dombrovskaya, Dombrovskaia, Dombrovskaja)
Ukrainian
(Romanization)		Дубровський
(Dubrovskyi, Dubrovskyy, Dubrovskyj)
Домбровський
(Dombrovskyi, Dombrovskyy, Dombrovskyj)		Дубровська
(Dubrovska)
Домбровська
(Dombrovska)

Frequency

The table below contains available information on the frequency of the Dąbrowski surname and variants in various countries across a span of years.

Detection of surname variant by country (blank = no data; green background = high frequency)
CountryDąbrow(ski/ska/scy)DabrowskiDobrowskiDobrosky
Australia2002: 32.2 per million[8]
Canada1998: 37.4 per million[8]
Francec.2007: undetectable[9]c.2007: Rank=10,628; 817[9] c.2007: undetectable[9]
Germany
New Zealand2002: 6.57 per million[8]
Northern Ireland2003: undetectable[8]
Poland 1990: Rank=4;[3] 92,945.[10][11]
c.2000: Rank=11; 86,132.[1]		 1990: 131[10] 1990: 18[10] 1990: undectable[10][12]
Republic of Ireland2003: undetectable[8]
Scotland undetectable[13]
Sweden 1998–2007: undetectable[14]
United Kingdom1881: undetectable[8][15]
1998: undetectable[8][15]		 1881: undetectable[8]
1998: 6 per million; Rank = 15,037[8]		 1881: undetectable[8]
1998: undetectable[8]
United States1990: undetectable[15][16] 1990: Rank=10,244; 0.001%[16]
1998: 17.2 per million[8]		 1990: Rank=64,522[16]1990: Rank=73,494[16]

Notable people sharing the Dąbrowski surname or variants

Historically notable people

Dąbrowski
Żądło-Dąbrowski z Dąbrówki h. Radwan noble family

Other notable people

Dąbrowski/Dąbrowska
Dąbrowski → Dabrowski
Dąbrowski → Dobrowski
Dąbrowski → Dombrowski

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 Citation: Zawadzki, 2002
  2. ↑ Ministry of Interior (Poland). Statystyka najpopularniejszych nazwisk występujących w Polsce in 2009 Archived 28 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine (The most popular surnames in Poland in 2009). Retrieved 18 August 2013.
  3. 1 2 Citation: Futrega, 2006
  4. ↑ Citation: Dabrowski Name Meaning and History
  5. ↑ Citation: Smith, 1973
  6. 1 2 Citation: Dobrowski Name Meaning and History
  7. ↑ Citation: Dobrosky Name Meaning and History
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Citation: Longley, et al.
  9. 1 2 3 Citation: L'encyclopédie des noms de familles
  10. 1 2 3 4 Citation: Rymut, 1990.
  11. ↑ Query = "D?bro*sk?"
  12. ↑ Though "Dobrosky" was not found, "Dobroski" returns a person count of 8.
  13. ↑ Citation: Surnames in Scotland
  14. ↑ Citation: SCB Staff
  15. 1 2 3 Query = "Dąbrowski"; apparently source does not distinguish between "ą" and "a".
  16. 1 2 3 4 Citation: United States Census Bureau, 2000.

References

  • "Dabrowski Name Meaning and History". The Dabrowski Surname. Ancestry.com. Retrieved 18 May 2008.
  • "Dobrowski Name Meaning and History". The Dobrowski Surname. Ancestry.com. Retrieved 18 May 2008.
  • "Dobrosky Name Meaning and History". The Dobrosky Surname. Ancestry.com. Retrieved 18 May 2008.
  • "L'encyclopédie des noms de familles". Le Journal des Femmes (in French). Benchmark Group. c. 2007. Retrieved 21 May 2008.
  • Longley, Paul; Alex Singleton; Richard Webber; Daryl Lloyd. "Statistics on the selected name or category of names". SPLINT Project, University College London. The National Trust. Retrieved 18 May 2008.
  • Marek Futrega (8 November 2006). "Najpopularniejsze nazwiska w Polsce" (in Polish). (self-published). Archived from Rank-order listing the original on 18 May 2008. Retrieved 18 May 2008. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)
  • Rymut, Kazimierz (1990). query interface "Slownik nazwisk wspolczesnie w Polsce uzywanych" (in Polish). Osrodek Dokumentacji Wychodztwa Polskiego przy Domu Polonii w Pultusku. Retrieved 18 May 2008. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help) Note: Data is not complete, accounting for ~94% of the population in 1990.
  • SCB staff. "Efterfrågade tabeller och diagram". Namnstatistik (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. Archived from the original on 16 August 2009. Retrieved 22 May 2008. Note: Google searches were conducted against "site:scb.se" to verify availability of surnames online.
  • Smith, Elsdon (1972). New Dictionary of American Family Names (Internet Archive "snippet view"). San Francisco: Harper & Row. p. 105. ISBN 0-06-013933-1. dabrowski. Note: some sources place the date of publication at 1972, others at 1973.
  • "Surnames in Scotland over the last 140 years". Occasional papers. General Register Office for Scotland. 2 October 2007. Archived from the original on 23 March 2010. Retrieved 18 May 2008.
  • United States Census Bureau staff (7 September 2000). "Search names from 1990 Census". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original (Database search result) on 7 February 1997. Retrieved 18 May 2008.
  • Zawadzki, Jarosław Maciej (2002). 1000 najpopularniejszych nazwisk w Polsce (1000 of the most popular names in Poland). Świat Książki. ISBN 83-7311-265-0. Book not available for review by editor; citation obtained from List of most common surnames.
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